Shloka 5
Aśoka-śāstra: Nārada’s Instruction on the Cessation of Śoka
Grief
ग्रीवया तु मुनिश्रेष्ठ नरमाप्रोत्यनुत्तमम् । विश्वेदवान् मुखेनाथ दिश: श्रोत्रेण चाप्रुयात्
grīvayā tu muniśreṣṭha naram āprotya anuttamam | viśvedevān mukhenātha diśaḥ śrotreṇa cāpruyāt ||
阎若婆迦说道：“贤者之最啊，若生命之气由颈而出，此人得亲近无上之‘人中至胜’。若由口而舍身，则往赴毗湿维提婆众；若由耳而出，则归于主宰诸方的方向女神。”
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links the ‘exit-route’ of the life-breath at death with distinct post-mortem destinations, presenting a karmic-cosmological map in which the manner of departure corresponds to specific divine realms or presences.
In a didactic discourse attributed to Yājñavalkya, the speaker instructs a revered sage about outcomes after death, specifying what divine association is attained when prāṇa departs via the neck, mouth, or ear.